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Making Cents: Can an electric car be cheaper to run than a petrol or diesel?

THIS week, I’d like to share with you, three questions I received recently from readers and the answers I gave to each. Question Number 1 Question: Liam, my husband, and I are considering buying an electric car, but we are not sure whether it's the ...

14 May 2022 at 13:21

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Making Cents: Hidden horrors of personal finance

Forget about The Shining, The Exorcist, Candyman or Friday the 13th, if you want to look at something that will frighten the life out of you, take out your bank statements or log on and have a look at what you’ve been spending your money on in ...

11 Nov 2021 at 10:53

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Making Cents: Bridging the income gap for early retirees

OVER the past six months, I’ve had many meetings with people where their opening line began as, I want to retire earlier than planned, how can I make that happen? The pandemic has not just worn everyone out, but it looks like, from a ...

18 Nov 2021 at 13:51

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Making Cents: Everything you need to know about Local Property Tax for 2021

Property tax was first introduced in 2013 primarily as a revenue generating exercise post the financial crash. The idea behind it was, that every three years’ valuations would be revised, and the subsequent cost would change. That ...

04 Nov 2021 at 16:09

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Making Cents: Getting to grips with mortgage rates

IF YOU are thinking of buying for the first or second time or indeed just considering moving lenders, it’s obviously important to know, who has the most competitive interest rates. And there are many different rates on offer, all ...

21 Jan 2022 at 16:16

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Making Cents: How prepared are you for redundancy?

FIRST it was Twitter, then it was Stripe, and now it’s Meta. There have been thousands of high-profile layoffs in the tech sector in recent months. Hundreds of people in Ireland will have been given notice that they are losing ...

14 Jan 2023 at 12:46

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Making Cents: Ideas to beat the cost-of-living crisis

WE ALL know food, fuel and energy costs have skyrocketed in recent weeks and with inflation at a 21 year high, we’re all feeling the pinch, and it’s actually more of a bite than a pinch. And the bad news is that it will ...

15 Apr 2022 at 16:42

National News

Making Cents: Watch out - iceberg costs ahead!

There’s a concept known as the Iceberg Cost, which gets its name from an iceberg, where the total cost of something might not be evident at first. There’s an additional cost below the surface, that we hadn’t planned ...

03 Dec 2021 at 11:42

National News

Making Cents: How much do I need to save to retire?

PEOPLE often ask me how much do they need to save every year for their retirement? And how big does their pension fund need to be when they retire full stop. And my answer is always the same - I’m not quite sure. ...

04 Jun 2023 at 12:04

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Making Cents: Personal finance rules of thumb - Liam Croke

Financial rules of thumb can be useful because they are a quick and easy reference people can refer to which can help give them a steer and a guide in the right direction when it comes to making decisions about ...

06 Jan 2022 at 11:39

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Making Cents: 'We’re earning more money but feeling worse off...'

I RECEIVED an email from an individual recently who reached out to me about a year ago and between one thing and another couldn’t follow through with getting a financial review carried out and that was fine, ...

02 Apr 2022 at 14:36

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Making Cents: ‘I was a VP but now I drive a bus’

in this article, I’m going to tell you about a gentleman who, until very recently was the vice president of a pharmaceutical giant. He earned a big six-figure salary, was awarded thousands and thousands ...

16 Mar 2022 at 11:06

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